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Mesoscale Discussion 867

June 6, 20148 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2014, 5:37 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2014, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Autauga County, AL, Butler County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 247Jun 6, 6:50 PM CDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 11:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 24 more	83 min
Jun 6, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more	7 hr
Jun 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more	92 min
Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 12 more	114 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.